Clark County WI
Civil War Unit Histories
Compiled by Paul Forester, Janet Schwarze, Allan Wessel & Ken Wood
49th Wisconsin Regiment
Our Civil War Veterans who fought with this Regiment
(1) Samuel Brooks (2) William Butler (3) Francis Carter
(4) Baldwin Fulmer (5) Charles Keith (6) Joseph Lohman (7) John McCarty (8) Ira T. McIntire (9) V. R. Mead (10) Peter George Meyer (11) Benjamin Miller (12) Frank Rufinot (13) Lucious Woodworth
Service
The Forty-ninth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Randall, Madison, WI under the superintendence of Colonel Samuel Fallows, leaving the state on March 8, 1865, and proceeding the St. Louis, MO. From here the regiment was assigned to duty in western Missouri, where it remained actively employed until August 17, when it returned to St. Louis.
Companies B, C and D were mustered out on November 1 and returned to Madison. The remaining companies were mustered out on November 8, 1865, reaching Madison, WI, on the 10th, when the whole regiment was paid off and disbanded.
Regimental Statistics
Original strength, 828;
Gain -- by recruitment in 1865, 4; total, 832
Loss -- by death, 9; deserted, 67; discharged, 36; mustered out, (not yet reported)
Related Links
Burials of Greenwood, Wisconsin Civil War Soldiers.
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